Eon walked through the Kokiri Village in the early hours of dawn. He hadn't been able to sleep the night before, so instead he busied himself with walking through the Forest, taking things in, thinking.
This was the place where Link was going to find out what to do, he was sure. This Deku Tree would surely tell his brother where to go, how to defeat this other Link, and of course the green-clad Hylian would be up to the task.
But where did that leave Eon? What was he supposed to do? He promised Sahasrahla he would protect Link and Zelda, promised him he wouldn't let them down, but… How was he to help with this battle? The only skills he possessed were those of water and ice. But Link and Zelda had the power of the Triforce behind them.
"Daaammn it, I'm not that useless, am I?" He grumbled under his breath, kicking a stone. The small rock went skidding away from him, bouncing every few fit as it hit a bump in the ground or another rock. Watching it go, Eon sighed and shook his head. Getting depressed was uncharacteristic of him, to say the least. But then again, he usually never had many things on his mind.
Shaking his head one last time, the boy began to walk again but stopped when he heard a soft humming from above. Looking up, he saw nothing but slowly lightening sky, so he swiveled around, searching. The Kokiri rooftops passed his line of vision twice before he found what he was looking for. There, on top of the house with ramps leading to the roof, was Saria, sitting on the edge and kicking her feet into the air, humming. Smiling crookedly, his bad mood forgotten, Eon changed his direction and headed towards her house. If anyone could give him answers to some of the thoughts that plagued his mind, Saria could, he was sure of it.
Reaching the base of her house, Eon began to circle it, looking for the beginning of the ramp. He hadn't walked a few feet around the house before he found it, and slowly, silently, he began to climb.
He reached the top soon, throwing an arm onto the roof as quietly as possible and hoisting himself up off the ramp with only his upper-body strength and some quick scrabbling with his feet. Proud of his near-silent ascent, Eon tip-toed towards the green-haired girl, intent on scaring her, if only for the fun of it, when she stopped humming. Pausing, one foot in the air, Eon waited, holding his breath and praying she hadn't heard him.
After what seemed forever, she began humming again and Eon slowly put his foot down, letting out his breath as silently as possible. When his breathing was regular again, he crept forward, one tiny step at a time, until he was right behind her, about to poke her sides with his fingers.
"Hello, Eon."
In surprise, the boy lost his balance and fell backwards onto the roof with an "Oof!," sliding a few inches towards the edge before stopping. Breathing heavily and trying to ignore Saria's giggles, Eon used his elbows to lift himself to a sitting position, rubbing his shoulders as he scooted closer to the girl, who made some extra room for him.
Settling in beside her, Eon took another deep breath and ran his hand through his hair. He didn't need to look at Saria to know she was smiling broadly.
"How'd you know it was me?" He asked, a bit sullenly. "I was perfectly silent."
Saria shrugged. "Just intuition, I guess."
Eon snorted. "I doubt that"
"And you would be right." She giggled again as Eon rolled his eyes.
They sat in silence then, Saria kicking her feet back and forth in the air, Eon sitting with one knee pulled up to his chest, staring blankly out at the forest around them.
Saria's soft voice broke the silence after while, bringing Eon back to himself. "So, what brings you up here? You're up awful early—Link and the others are still asleep."
Eon shrugged. "Couldn't sleep."
Still kicking her legs, Saria turned her head slightly to look at him. "Why?"
Another shrug. "Thinking about too many things." He smiled slightly. "You know, you sure are curious about a lot of things."
She nodded her head. "Yes, well… You came up here to talk to me, didn't you? So I'm just trying to initiate things."
"Is that what you were doing? And here I thought you were just being curious in your old age." She spluttered and caught herself as Eon laughed out loud. She spoiled his little trick on her before, it was only right he get her back for it. Continuing with his previous line of thought, Eon asked, nonchalantly: "So, how do you keep your young figure?"
He purposely missed the look Saria sent his way, instead focusing his gaze out over the village, watching the faerie lights fly through the dawn air.
After a minute or so passed, Eon chanced a look at her, figuring she would be over her initial outburst. She was, and had resumed her previous stance of kicking her legs into thin air.
"So?" He asked the question softly.
"So what?" Even Eon didn't miss the slightly cool tone of her voice.
Blushing slightly, the boy scratched the back of his head. "So, one of the things I was thinking about was the Kokiri and, well, you." She raised an eyebrow and Eon hurried on. "Not like that! But Navi told us some things about the Kokiri, but she also left a lot out—mainly about you. All she really told us was how old you are and that you were born as to be an Elder even while the other one was still alive. She also said this other guy knew that you were gonna replace him as soon as you were born. I was wondering about that aspect…" He trailed off, feeling more than slightly foolish. Saria's answering giggle, though, made him look at her, a smile making its way onto his face.
"I should have figured as much. Navi does seem to enjoy talking."
Eon snorted again. "Enjoy? All she does is talk."
Saria ignored him as she looked out over the expanse of the Kokiri Village, but a smile played upon her lips. "Be that as it may, I guess I could tell you what you wanted to know. What exactly were you wondering about?"
"Why you're different from the other Kokiri, I guess. About this Elder thing and the other one before you."
She smiled slightly at him, a faint red line of blush across her cheeks. "Ok." She leaned back and folded her arms, so her head was cradled on her forearms. The sun was just cresting the tops of the trees as she began to talk.
"As Navi told you, I was born with my faerie, Ceres. While that is uncommon, it does happen more than she knows."
"You mean the other Elder before you?"
Saria nodded. "Yes. His name was Faa, and he was both the Elder of the Kokiri and the Sage of the Forest Temple. You see, they go hand in hand, those two positions."
"Navi didn't tell us that…"
Saria nodded. "No, I don't think she would have. While the Great Deku Tree knew she needed to know more about this world than almost any other creature, there were still some things that weren't all that important for her to know. This is one of them."
Eon nodded, shifting a bit to get more comfortable on the hard roof. "So, how did he know that you were going to succeed him?"
"Because of Ceres, and the fact that I was born with her. There were other factors as well, like how I could walk and talk much earlier than any of my brothers or sisters, and my strong affinity for the forest. He also showed all these signs as a child, and knew that, with my birth, something was going to happen in Hyrule. He'd already lived a very long time, and his own powers were waning."
"So…you were meant to take his place, because he wouldn't be able to help?"
"Yes, exactly that."
"So…" Eon shifted again, but this time from curiosity. He had so many questions. "So were you born with his powers?"
Saria giggled. "Oh, goodness no. No, Faa had to train me to feel the forest, to sense everything around me. That's why it hurt so much when he did die. It was like losing my father."
"But isn't the Deku Tree your dad?"
Saria nodded. "Yes, but this was different. The Great Deku Tree is in actuality our father, and we all love him as such. He raises us and teaches us, but for me, I also had Faa for that. It was like I had two fathers, and when Faa died, I lost one of them." She paused for a second, tilting her head to the east to watch the sun rise. After a minute or so, she continued. "After that, though, all the abilities of the Sage of the Forest Temple transferred to me. He'd been training me for it, but still… The amount of knowledge and power that comes with a Sage is immense."
"That's some system." She turned to face him, but Eon looked out over the village, his eyes distant. "The fact that a system like that was set up, and that it has worked like this for goddesses-know-how-long…. It's actually kinda amazing."
Saria smiled. "I guess it is, in a way. I'm sure all the races had a system similar, but due to wars and change, they've forgotten them. Us Kokiri…we never change. We're always, always the same, never changing…"
"Oh?"
Saria nodded. "Yes, all the goddesses—Din, Farore, and Nayru—all of them worked together to create this world. Din made the earth, Nayru gave it law, and Farore gave it life. But you know this, don't you?"
Eon blinked. "Know what?"
"The Creation Myth. Of how the world was made. Surely you know it. I thought all children were taught this when they were young."
Licking his lips slightly, Eon opened his mouth to reply, but found it hard to talk. His real reason for coming to see Saria was to ask her about Mikomi, but now that she was (unwittingly) bringing the conversation to that very place, he was becoming nervous. How was he supposed to explain things to her?
"Well, that is…" He finally managed to get out, but Saria cut him off.
"I guess it's ok if you don't know it. Maybe the old ways are dying out in the outside world." Eon sighed in relief, hoping she didn't hear him. "Anyway," she continued, "Nayru gave all the world law. That law has governed the Kokiri since Creation. It's the foundation of the system I was telling you before."
"Is that it…?" Eon's mouth was still a bit dry, but at least she wasn't poking into his past anymore. Wuss, he heard a part of himself say, but a mental punch shut that part up fast. Trying to think of something else, Eon blurted: "So what happened to the other Kokiri that were here before you?" Saria blinked at him, and thinking he'd said something wrong, Eon hurried on. "It's just that Navi told us the other Kokiri that were here before you and Mido and the others all left, so I was wondering what happened to them."
"Oh. Well, they left. One day, a few years after Mido and the Know-it-all Brothers were born, they told me they were leaving. They were all older—at least a hundred or so years old—and, like me, they could sense that something was going to happen to Hyrule. They couldn't tell when—although I had a good idea—so they left. They're still in this forest, though, because every now and then I can feel their presences. But after the Great Deku Tree died, it became harder for me to do that. Now, I can barely tell. I don't know if they've died out or not… I do miss them, though."
Eon nodded, not having anything else to say to that. They sat in silence again as the sun finally crested the trees, bathing the village in golden light. Eon thought it was one of the most beautiful things he'd seen.
"So Eon." He nodded as Saria addressed him. "Why… What's with all the questions about my childhood?"
Eon swallowed. He knew now was the time to bring up what he really wanted to talk about, but even in his head it sounded stupid. 'I was just wondering what you knew about my mother Mikomi. You know, Link's mom? Yeah, you were there when she died, so I was wondering if you even knew about me.' Scowling to himself, Eon knew he could never say those things. They sounded horrible, and as much as he liked to act the jerk, he could never say something like that.
But ever since he found out about Mikomi, and then about Saria meeting her when she died, it was all he could think of. Years of wishing he knew who he was, where he was from, years of just wanting to know something… All those feelings he knew were there but had always ignored were beginning to surface.
"Eon? Are you ok?"
The red-haired boy blinked, then looked at Saria. Her eyes were wide with worry, and Eon realized he must have spaced out and ignored her. Trying to ease her worry, Eon shook his head, a small humorless smile on his face.
"It's ok, just kinda lost my train of thought. But to answer your question, I guess I don't really know why I was so curious." He paused, taking in what he'd just said. Shaking his head slowly, he looked at Saria. "No, that's not true." It was now or never. "I guess I just wanted to know about who you were, and what it must be like growing up here. Just…what it's like to have a childhood." He laughed, but there was still no mirth in it. "I didn't have the best parentage."
"Oh?"
"Yeah," Eon shrugged, trying to rid himself of the uncomfortable feeling surrounding him. "I was raised by an evil spirit that fed me lies and, well… It kinda sucked, really, growing up."
Saria's eyes were very wide now. "…Eon…"
He ignored her and kept going. He was making this sound a lot worse than it really was and he didn't like it, but the words kept coming before he could think them through. "The only one around me that really actually cared was the old man Sahasrahla, but… I never tried to talk to him outside of insults. I hope he knows I didn't mean them."
"Eon…"
Again, he ignored her, this time putting a big smile on his face. "Of course it wasn't that bad. I mean, I exaggerate a lot, can't you tell? And besides, now I have Brother, so things aren't all that bad at all."
That last sentence caught the girl off-guard, Eon could tell. Her soft whisper of "Brother?" made him nod.
"Yeah, Brother. Link. It's what I've called him since I joined with them after he defeated my…creator." He was going to say "mother" but the thought made him shudder.
"That evil spirit was your creator?" Eon nodded and Saria continued. "But… I don't understand. And why do you call Link 'Brother?' Are you using the old convention?"
"Elah—that's the evil spirit—she created me, just like I said. She took my soul out of this weird limbo place and gave me this body. And what do you mean, 'convention?'"
Saria held her hands in the air, her voice raised slightly when she talked. "What? Stop jumping around with the conversation so much, please!" He couldn't help the small grin at her expense, but Saria kept going. "You are going to explain this Elah thing to me."
"Explain this convention thing to me and I'm pretty sure I can explain this Elah thing to you."
"What I meant was that in the past, people would call those slightly older than them 'Brother' or 'Sister' to show respect. So I was curious that you would. You didn't seem to know the story of the goddesses, though from what you've already told me, I perfectly understand why…"
Eon nodded. "Yeah, Elah didn't tell me much more than lies. And…about that convention thing…"
Saria tilted her head to the side, and Eon swallowed. He didn't want to sound like he was blaming anyone, but he knew what he was going to say might make her think he blamed her…
"Link—Brother—he really is my brother. Well, not physically, really, because my body is made of goddesses-know-what, but my soul is his brother. Do you understand?"
"I… What do you mean? Link never had any siblings."
Eon nodded. "That's right. He never had any siblings. That's because I was never born. I told you, Elah took my soul from some limbo place, and kept it in this weird place, waiting to use me against Brother." He growled deep in his throat. "That evil creature knew that she'd meet him someday, and was keeping me in reserve, knowing I would do anything to know who I really was."
"You…" Saria's voice broke as she looked at him, her mouth moving but no words coming out. Eon was beginning to regret talking to her about this. He felt terrible. Trying to smooth things over, he held his hands up, a fake smile on his face.
"It's ok. It is true that this was the real reason I wanted to talk to you today, but… It's really ok. I was just hoping you could tell me some things, but I think I've only managed to make you upset. Sorry."
He stood to leave, dusting off his tunic, but Saria's voice stopped him. "I know you." Turning, eyes wide, he looked at the frightened-looking Kokiri. Why would she look frightened?
His voice was cautious as he asked: "You what?"
She blinked and nodded. "I know you. When Mikomi… When she was still alive, and I was talking to her… I could sense another life, but it was dying so fast. That was you." Eon stared at her as she slowly made her way to her feet, slightly unbalanced. "That was you. Oh goodness, I never knew. You must be so angry with us!"
Eon took a step back, caught off guard. "Angry…? No, I'm not mad at you! I'm not mad at you or Mom! I mean, I was before, when I first found out. I thought—"
"—You must have thought we let you die!"
Eon finished his sentence at the same time she finished hers. "…You let me die… Hey! That was then! I don't think that way anymore! I feel bad for even thinking that. There really wasn't anything anyone could have done, anyway…" He was slightly lying, and feared Saria knew, too. He still wasn't quite over those feelings of abandonment yet.
Saria was standing in front of him before he even realized it. "I'm sorry, Eon. But…you were both dying. Mikomi told me so. She could feel you dying even as she lay there, and it tore her up. But… She didn't want either of you to die. But it was let all three of you perish, or let only two of you. And she made her choice. Do you understand?"
Eon shifted slightly. "Yeah, I guess…"
"Eon." Saria's firm voice made him look up, and she grabbed his shoulders. "Eon, Mikomi didn't want either of you to die. She fought hard to keep herself alive, to keep you alive, but it was too late. You must think that she only cared about Link—he was born, alive, why would she care about an unborn child when she was dying herself? But throughout the whole ordeal, I only saw her cry once. And that was the moment you died, and she knew it. Do you understand, Eon?
Slowly, Eon nodded to the girl. So that was what Mikomi whispered to Saria in that dream of his… That was why she clutched her stomach in pain slightly before her own end. His worst fear wasn't realized. Mikomi had cared about him.
"Eon?"
Eon smiled brightly at Saria. "You have no idea…how big of a weight just lifted off me. I thought she didn't even know about me."
Saria smiled too and, totally throwing the boy off, hugged him. Biting his bottom lip, Eon stood still for a few seconds, letting Saria hug him. When she didn't immediately let go, though, he started squirming.
"This is kinda embarrassing, you know…"
Saria gasped and jumped away. "Oh, I'm so sorry! I don't know what came over me." She smiled at him though, and held her hand out. Unsure what to do, Eon took it, and Saria tightened her grip. "It's wonderful to be acquainted with Link's little brother, even if he does have fangs."
Eon smiled and shook her hand back. "And it's wonderful to be acquainted with someone Brother thinks of as a sister, even if she is one-hundred and eighteen years old."
They both stood there, grips gradually tightening as fake smiles were plastered on their faces. Eon's left eye twitched slightly when Saria pinched his wrist, but other than that, they just stared at one another, showing no signs of backing off.
"Sariiaa!" The intruder's voice caused them to blink, breaking the spell over the two children. Looking down, Eon noticed one of the twins waving up at them.
"What?" He asked irritably.
"It's time to come to lunch! Then we're going to start preparing for your meeting with the Great Deku Tree!" After yelling that, the girl ran off, waving back at them after every few feet.
Saria and Eon exchanged a glance, and after one last shake, they both began to climb down the ramp. Halfway down, Saria looked over at Eon, smiling happily.
"So, you know Sahasrahla, do you?"
Eon nodded. "Yeah, don't remind me. But," he paused for a second, "how do you know him?"
Again, Saria gave him that secretive smile of hers. "I'll tell you all about it. C'mon…"
Interested, Eon began walking again, happier than he'd been for a while.
Link, however, was not having such a good time, nor was he very happy. From the moment he awoke, things weren't going his way. First off, he forgot he was in his bed and rolled to far to the left, resulting in the fact that he nearly fell off, and then, when he tried to stand, he fell to the floor in a heap. Muttering under his breath, he tried to get to his feet, but smacked his head against the bed-frame, causing him to once again collapse to the floor. Tapping his fingers in frustration and sighing as deeply as he could under the circumstances, the young hero waiting for a minute before he tried one last time to get to his feet. With a mighty push, he used his upper-body strength to hoist himself up, but the goddesses were having too much fun to let it end there. Just as he made it to his feet, a strong gust of wind came through the window, causing the drapes to flap and hit him. Startled, Link tried to turn to defend himself and fell backwards, rolling until he was stopped.
By the table.
By the very hard, very durable table.
"Oooowowowowow!" Link clutched the back of his head in his hands, his toes twining together as he fought off the pain.
Once the pain was gone, Link slowly made his way to his feet, using the table to steady himself as his still-weak legs fought to stay under him. Finally secure, Link took a wary step forward, holding his breath and squeezing his eyes shut.
"What are you doing?"
The voice broke Link's concentration and he would have fallen if he wasn't still beside the table. Quickly grabbing a hold of it, Link steadied himself and opened his eyes. Zelda stood before him, wearing a green Kokiri tunic with her breeches, instead of the tunic Sahasrahla gave her. Her hair was loose now, and the golden locks fell over her shoulder.
Trying to hide his embarrassment, Link answered in a steady voice. "I was trying to walk."
She smiled. "With your eyes closed?"
Link shrugged, loosing his brave demeanor. "I was waiting to fall."
She nodded. "Ah, I see." Walking farther into the small house, Zelda stood beside Link, waiting. Not sure what she wanted, Link looked over at her, one eyebrow raised.
"Yes?"
"Just waiting to catch you if you fall. Which way do you want to go: outside or back to the bed?"
"Outside, please. I'm sick of being inside."
Zelda's smile widened. "You've only been inside for a few hours, you know."
Link nodded and took a tentative step forward. "Well, I was knocked unconscious only a short way from Sahasrahla's, and then I wake up here. I want to see the sun and smell fresh air for a change. I'm sick of nothing but black."
"It's not my fault you were careless and decided to fight Dark Link on your own and die."
Link stopped and stared at the princess. She just smiled even more at him, despite the flippant remark. Shaking his head, Link began walking again.
Once onto the balcony, the fresh air assaulted his senses, and Link stopped himself so he could savor it. The air of the Kokiri Forest was always fresh and he realized he missed it immensely. Breathing in deeply, he let the calm of the Forest settle around him.
"Feel better now?" Zelda's voice came to him from behind as she walked up to join him.
"Much." It was the truth, too. He didn't feel quite so weak anymore, as though the air of his home revitalized him.
"I'm glad. You haven't had the best luck lately. You deserve this, I think." Zelda walked up beside him, her hands resting loosely on the small fence. "For a while there, we were worried about you. I've never seen someone sustain such damage and live."
"I'm stronger than I look, I guess."
Zelda looked at him for a few seconds before nodding. "Yes, it would appear you are."
Link blushed in embarrassment and put a hand behind his head.
"You know, both you and Eon do that particular thing?" When Link shook his head slowly, not understanding, Zelda smiled and demonstrated, placing a delicately pale hand to the back of her head. Understanding dawned in Link's eyes and he nodded.
"Yeah. I guess it's more proof that we're brothers." He looked out over the village for a few more seconds before a thought struck him. "Zelda, why were you coming to my house this early?"
Now it was her time to blush slightly. "Well, I was checking up on you. Eon and I have been coming back here on and off, every few hours, to make sure you're ok and don't fall off the bed."
"Too late."
"I'm sorry?"
Link shook his head. "Nothing. So it was your turn to check on me?
Zelda nodded. "Yes. I also had a feeling you might be awake. This is a lovely forest, you know. We aren't meeting with the Deku Tree until later tonight, so I was hoping you could tell me more about this place."
Link turned to her with a smile. "I can do better than that. I can show you."
Zelda shook her head with a slight laugh. "Don't be silly, Link. You're still much too weak to go about—Link!" She yelled his name as the boy placed one hand on the fence and catapulted himself off, his landing turning into a roll. Once his mad tumble stopped, he waited below as the princess scrambled down the ladder. From the look on her face, Link knew she wasn't too impressed by his stunt. Truth be told, he wasn't too impressed, either. He refrained from rubbing his shoulder where she could see.
When the princess finally caught up to him, her hair disarrayed and her eyes hard agates, Link pointed up the slight incline, ignoring her.
"Up here is where the tour will start."
"Link!" He walked away as Zelda called his name. "Link, don't ignore me! Get back here and let me yell at you!"
Safe at the top of the hill, Link turned and winked at her. "Sorry, Zelda, but you'll have to catch me to do that! I promised a tour and I'll give you one. Although I'm suspecting this will be a rather quick one." He said as she stormed towards him, fury in her face. Taunting her, Link waited until he was almost within arm range and took off to his left, towards the Deku Tree's meadow, Zelda right on his heels.
He led her around the Kokiri Village, stopping at certain places as he waited for her to catch up. As he did, though, he rattled off the name and any other extraneous details he could think of for the area, always letting her get within reach before running again. All in all, the whole experience took up a good portion of the morning, and by the time Saria found them to bring them to breakfast, they were both collapsed by the pool before the Deku Tree's meadow, exhausted.
"I see you two had an adventurous morning."
Link squinted his eyes as Saria's face came into view. "What is it?"
She smiled widely at him. "It's time for our breakfast feast. Well, it's more like lunch, but you get the idea. Everyone's waiting for you two in the Great Deku Tree's meadow."
Zelda rolled her head to the side, her eyes barely open. "That means food?"
Saria nodded at the princess. "Yes, that means food."
"Then I'm there." Zelda tried to get up, but her arms gave out underneath her and she fell down onto her back. Link laughed at her until she punched him in the arm. His smile disappearing instantly, Link rubbed the area, frowning at Zelda.
"Was that supposed to hurt?"
"Shut up."
"C'mon you two!" Eon's voice broke through Saria's laughter, and his silhouette appeared beside hers, Volvagia perched on his shoulder and looking smug—if a dragon could, in fact, look smug. "All the food's gonna be eaten by the time we all get there! Giant Woman's gonna eat it all! Move it!"
Struggling to get up, the two exhausted children finally had to admit defeat and allow their friends to help them. As Eon hoisted Link to his feet, he couldn't help smirking.
"I guess Brother isn't as strong as he acts, is he?"
He earned a punch in the ribs for that one.
LINK NO MIKO'S LITTLE CORNER OF TALKINGNESS
Y'ello jelloes (that means "hi!" in this weird new way for me). I got a new chapter for ya! And guessy. Yup, you guessed it. Absolutely NOTHING happened. Don't you love me? ^-^x But I had such fun writing it (I rewrote the Saria/Eon scene because the original sucked). I enjoyed crafting a history like I did for Saria; I hope some of you liked it. And yes, I grabbed the name Faa from Fado, the character in Kaze no Takuto (Wind Waker). I still say Kaze no Takuto sounds prettier than Wind Waker anyday… Anywho, back on topic, I was going to call Faa "Fado," but figured it would be too confusing (Fado could have been named for Faa, though! He's so cute!) Incidentally, while I was rewriting the part where Saria explains about Mikomi, the lovingly dubbed "Sad Grandma Music" from Kaze started playing, so I looped it a million times. What that has to do with Faa, you ask? Nothing. I just wanted to share that information with you all.
This chapter also totes the distinction of being my first chapter where no one cries! Woo! I'm doing better! As for the next chapter, we (hopefully) learn some things about *dun dun DUUUN!* Dark Link-kun, and then the action should pick up! Wee! I like talking, but I want to write some action. Can't I write some action?
Aaaand, a special thanks to Tatsu no Houou (or was it Eclipse? Not quite sure who I was talking to. ^-^x) for giving my muse a form. He's sitting on my head as I write this, eating a lollipop and kicking my forehead… O.Ox
And, as always, many many thanks for those of you who read this. I'd huggle you all but I'm tiny and my arms wouldn't fit around all of you at one time. ^-^x
